Figure wheeled toy



G. C. HUNTER FIGURE WHEELED TOY Filed' March 23, 1927 2 Sheets-Shoot 1 Aug. 14, 1928.

G. C. HUNTER- FIGURE WHEELED TOY Filed March 23, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR GAlus C. HUNTER Fifi Patented Aug. 14,1928.

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' FIGUBEJ'WHEELED TOY Application flled March 23. 1927., Serial no 171,757

My invention relates to improyements in childrens play toys andtheobJect of the invention is to constructa vehicular toy of captiyatin g appearance 1 and constituting a model of an automobile body provided with a propeller, Wings, tail, and running wheels,

a further object of the invention is to swingably mount the vwings upon the body'and to provide means extending between a l ve axle andtther wings so that they flap when the.

toy is propelled along a surface.

Another object of the, inventionis to provide a pilot abdriver within the body of, the toy which shall bobtup andrdown as the wings flap, and anotherrobject of the invention is to constructthe body portion of the toy ofa single sheet of material'which' is suit-ablyformed so that the costis reduced to :afmmimumand well within reach of the average childs purse. h

My invention consists of a. toy constructed and arranged all .as hereinafterv more, par

Figure 4 is .a plan view "of the unitary blank froinwhich the body of the toy is 3 F'gure .5

Figure ,6 is a fragmentary View ofthe nppeixportiofl of the body and upon which the wings are swingably mounted, and,

Figure I is a side elevationalview of "one ofa pair of. U shaped wire members which are used asaconnecting means between the body and the wings.

Like characters of reference indicate cor- 1 responding parts in the different views. I.

The body of the toy is formed'from a unitary sheet of material as illustrated in Figure 4 and consists of two side members of the body 1 and 2 connected by a member 3 which constitutes the top of the body when' the blank is formed. Intermediately of their length the members 1 and 2 are shaped to form the sides of what I will call the passenger compartment and also the hood and fuselage portion of the toy, the forward portions 4 and 5 of the members 1 and 2 form the complete hood, being each furis a perspective view. of one of. a the wings showing the lugs formed thereon,. and by meansof which tllQWlIlgS are'sw1ngably mountedupon the body ofthe toy.

nished with folding lines 6 and slits 7 sot/hat when the members 1. and2 are pressed down wardlyabout llllQlllQHlbGlfB the inner parts 8 and 9 of the portions land 5 may be bent downwardly to the extent of the slits 7 to form thetop of the hood, the free edges 10.

thereofof course being suitably folded to gether. The radiator portionof the hood .is formedby'theparts 11 and l2 of theportions ,which are bent .alongthe folding lines 16 so't hat theyfoverlapteach other, the lugs 13 which a re formed thereon overlapping and ft,

constituting a forwardsupportfor the, propeller rod which shall i be hereinafter. described.

In the Vicinity oftthe forward. and transverse edges of tl1e,meniber ,3 I form folding lines 1 1 and 15to permit the portions16'and 17 between such folding lines and the adjacent'edges to he'folded down wardly to form the wingsupporting means which shall, alsobe hereinafter described.

The fuselage portions 18 and 19 are brought 1 together in substantially, V shapedform as.

shown in I Figure 1' and clipped together in the usual manner by means of lugs. 20

rformedfon'the portion 19, the rear .Iparts 21 and of such portions being bent to; form}. a U shaped member 23"which constitutes a limiting means for the; swinging movement ofthe'taih lnteriorly of the body portion I furnish a swingable rocker, arm member 24 which is of the same generalnform aslillustrated in Figure 3, its upper portion being shaped tojconstitute' the head and shoulders of the pilot 25, this member 2 1 necessarily .consistsof two similar .portions held together '1 by clips 26, as the propeller rod 27 which ext-r tends through the lugs 13 on the hood and through an orifice 28 [in the turneddown porticn. lr'fllie's directly above t-helrocker .arnr inembeifand as' it is" necessary to gixie the toy a realistic 1 appearance, the pilots side fade should be seen upon each side of the r.

propeller rod. arm is pivotally mounted upon a pin 128 which extends through the side portions 18 and 19 of the fuselage and held in vposition Therear end of the rocker V by lugs 29 which are turned over'itsends The tail member is blanked from a unitary sheet of material and consists of a pair of vertically disposed members 30 of U shaped form and between which the rear running wheel 31 is freely mounted, the

forward portion of such members being formed to provide upper and lower loops 32 into which a pin 33 is freely inserted, such pin being held about its center by a V shaped member 3t which passes upon each side of the rear portion of the rocker arm 24, and through which the pin 28 also extends, the upper corners oi the V shaped member 34 being furnished with lugs 35 which are bent over the upper edges of the fuselage in order to prevent the member from swinging about the pin Q8. The tail, members 30 are of course bent along their lower edges to form the horizontal tail planes 36.

The toy is supported upon apair of front running wheels 37 which are secured upon a live. axle 38 having a crank 39 formed centrally thereof and of course positioned interiorly ot' the body, and 40 is a slot pressed from the rocker arm 2t and through which the crank extends so that the arm rocks under the influence of the rotative movement of the crank.

t1. and 12 are the two forward planes or wings each being furnished upon their inner corners with lugs a3 and 4A which extend over the outer side faces of the turned down portions 10 and 17, aligned orifices and 46 being furnished in the lugs and turned down members so that the wings may be pivotally mounted upon the toy by a pair of rods which each cxtend through such aligned pairs of orifices. In order to simplify the construction of my toy I have made each of these rod members 47 of U shaped form. their free ends *8 being bent at right angles to the main portion and when the toy is being assembled it is only necessary to hold a wing so that the orifices in its lugs coincide with the orifices in the body and compress the free ends of one of the U shaped members 47 together so that it can be inserted up into the body and when it is in position may spring outwardly so that the bent ends 48 pass through the orifices and 4G and so swingably secure the wing upon the body, and the other wing is of course secured in place in a similar manner. In order that the wings may have a flapping movement when the toy is propelled along a surface I connect them to the rocker arm 24 in the following manner.

Upon each of the pair of members which constitutes the rocker arm 2t I form a transverse lug 49 in the vicinity of the rear edges of the wings and I also form the lugs 4L4 upon the wings o't extended form and bent upwardly to a slight degree to constitute arms, and 50 and 5t are links connccting the lugs 4-9 to the respective arms upon the wings. It will be readily seen as the rocker arm it oscillates under the influence of the crank 39 that the links 50 and 51 will move upwardly and downwardly and flap the wings. As the head and shoulders of the pilot are termed to bob into and out of the body an orifice is furnished in the member 3 and the mechanism is so constructed that the pilots head projects above the body when the wings are down and bobs into the body when the wings are up. To give the device a more realistic appearance I furnish a freely mounted propeller 5 upon the outer end of the propeller rod 27, the propeller being constructed of very light material such as celluloid so that it will freely rotate of its own accord as the toy is propelled forwardly From the 'loregoing description it will be seen that I have constructed a toy combining the principal features of an automobile and a flying machine and in which the wings will fiap and the pilot move as the toy is propelled forwardly, and im'thermorc I have devised a toy of extremely simple construction and of a form which can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

A toy of the character described comprising a body member simulating a combination of an enclosed automobile and flying machine, said body member which comprises a hood, passenger conu'iartment and fuselage being formed of a unitary piece of material running wheels upon which the body is mounted, a tail member mounted upon a running wheel and pivot'ally secured to the rear end of the fuselage, wings simulating flying machine wings swingably mounted upon the body. a rocker arm positioned within the body and connected to the running wheels so that it oscillates as the toy is propelled. a figure formed in the rocker arm to simulate the driver of the toy, and means connecting the rocker arm to the wings so that the wings flap as the rocker arm oscillates when the toy is ropelted.

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